Paging processing method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium

1 . A paging processing method, comprising:

monitoring, by a terminal device, a paging message according to paging group information, wherein the terminal device is in an inactive state; the paging group information comprises: first group information for an idle-state terminal device; and second group information for an inactive-state terminal device;

wherein monitoring the paging message according to the paging group information comprises:

in response to a first paging time window (PTW) and a second PTW overlapping, and a paging occasion (PO) of a first type and a PO of a second type not overlapping, performing, by the terminal device, paging monitoring on the PO of the first type according to both the first group information and the second group information, and performing, by the terminal device, paging monitoring on the PO of the second type according to the second group information;

wherein the terminal device is configured with an idle-state extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) mode and an inactive-state eDRX mode, wherein the first PTW is a PTW in the idle-state eDRX mode, and the second PTW is a PTW in the inactive-state eDRX mode; and wherein the PO of the first type corresponds to an idle state, and the PO of the second type corresponds to an inactive state.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein monitoring the paging message according to the paging group information comprises:

monitoring the paging message on the PO of the first type and the PO of the second type according to the paging group information.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the paging group information comprises at least one of following information:

a grouping identity, used to indicate a paging group where the terminal device is located;

a paging probability value, wherein the paging probability value has a corresponding relationship with the paging group; and

a paging probability level, wherein the paging probability level has a corresponding relationship with the paging group.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the first group information and the second group information;

wherein the first group information and the second group information are allocated by a core network device; or,

the first group information is allocated by the core network device, and the second group information is allocated by an access network device; or,

the first group information and the second group information are allocated by the access network device.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring the paging message according to the paging group information comprises:

monitoring the paging message according to a configuration state of an eDRX mode of the terminal device and the paging group information.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein monitoring the paging message according to the configuration state of the eDRX mode of the terminal device and the paging group information comprises at least one of following acts:

monitoring the paging message on the PO of the first type according to the first group information, and monitoring the paging message on the PO of the second type according to the second group information; or

monitoring the paging message on the PO of the first type and the PO of the second type according to the first group information and the second group information;

wherein the terminal device is not configured with the idle-state eDRX mode.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein monitoring the paging message according to the configuration state of the eDRX mode of the terminal device and the paging group information comprises:

monitoring the paging message on the PO of the second type outside the first PTW according to the second group information;

wherein the terminal device is configured with the idle-state eDRX mode and is not configured with the inactive-state eDRX mode.

8 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein monitoring the paging message according to the configuration state of the eDRX mode of the terminal device and the paging group information comprises at least one of following acts:

within the first PTW, monitoring the paging message on the PO of the first type according to the first group information, and monitoring the paging message on the PO of the second type according to the second group information; or

within the first PTW, monitoring the paging message on the PO of the first type and the PO of the second type according to the first group information and the second group information;

wherein

the terminal device is configured with the idle-state eDRX mode and is not configured with the inactive-state eDRX mode.

9 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein monitoring the paging message according to the configuration state of the eDRX mode of the terminal device and the paging group information, further comprises at least one of following acts:

monitoring the paging message on the PO of the first type within the first PTW according to the first group information, and monitoring the paging message on the PO of the second type within the second PTW according to the second group information; or

in an overlapping area of the first PTW and the second PTW, monitoring the paging message on the PO of the first type within the first PTW according to the first group information and the second group information, and monitoring the paging message on the PO of the second type within the second PTW according to the first group information and the second group information; and monitoring the paging message on the PO of the first type within the first PTW outside the overlapping area of the first PTW and the second PTW according to the first group information, and monitoring the paging message on the PO of the second type within the second PTW outside the overlapping area according to the second group information;

wherein

the terminal device is configured with the idle-state eDRX mode and is configured with the inactive-state eDRX mode.

10 . A non-transitory computer storage medium storing a program, wherein the program, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform acts according to claim 1 .

11 . A paging processing method, comprising:

sending a paging message according to paging group information; wherein the paging group information comprises: first group information for an idle-state terminal device; and second group information for an inactive-state terminal device;

wherein in response to a first paging time window (PTW) and a second PTW overlapping, and a paging occasion (PO) of a first type and a PO of a second type not overlapping, the first group information and the second group information are both configured for preforming paging monitoring on the PO of the first type by a terminal device, and the second group information is further configured for preforming paging monitoring on the PO of the second type by the terminal device;

wherein the terminal device is in an inactive state, and the terminal device is configured with an idle-state extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) mode and an inactive-state eDRX mode; wherein the first PTW is a PTW in the idle-state eDRX mode, and the second PTW is a PTW in the inactive-state eDRX mode; and wherein the PO of the first type corresponds to an idle state and the PO of the second type corresponds to an inactive state.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , further comprising;

sending the first group information and the second group information;

wherein the first group information and the second group information are allocated by a core network device; or

the first group information is allocated by the core network device, and the second group information is allocated by an access network device; or

the first group information and the second group information are allocated by the access network device.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising at least one of following acts:

sending the first group information to the core network device, wherein the first group information is allocated by the access network device; or,

sending the second group information to the core network device, wherein the second group information is allocated by the access network device.

14 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein sending the paging message according to the paging group information comprises at least one of following acts:

obtaining the first group information, and sending a paging message for paging the idle-state terminal device on the PO of the first type according to the first group information;

obtaining the second group information, and sending a paging message for paging the inactive-state terminal device on the PO of the second type according to the second group information;

without obtaining the second group information, sending the paging message for paging the inactive-state terminal device on any paging group of the PO of the first type;

receiving a paging command for paging the inactive-state terminal device from a core network (CN) device, and sending the paging message for paging the inactive-state terminal device according to an obtaining state of the second group information.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein obtaining the second group information comprises at least one of following acts:

the access network device storing the second group information; or

receiving the second group information from the CN device.

16 . A paging processing apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and a program stored on the memory and executable by the processor, wherein when executing the program, the processor is configured to perform acts according to claim 11 .

17 . A non-transitory computer storage medium storing a program, wherein the program, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform acts according to claim 11 .

18 . A paging processing apparatus, comprising:

a processor, a transceiver, a memory, and a program stored on the memory and executable by the processor, wherein when executing the program, the processor is configured to monitor a paging message according to paging group information; wherein the apparatus is in an inactive state; the paging group information comprises: first group information for an idle-state terminal device; and second group information for an inactive-state terminal device;

wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to a first paging time window (PTW) and a second PTW overlapping, and a paging occasion (PO) of a first type and a PO of a second type not overlapping, perform paging monitoring on the PO of the first type according to both the first group information and the second group information, and perform paging monitoring on the PO of the second type according to the second group information;

wherein the terminal device is configured with an idle-state extended Discontinuous Reception (eDRX) mode and an inactive-state eDRX mode, wherein the first PTW is a PTW in the idle-state eDRX mode, and the second PTW is a PTW in the inactive-state eDRX mode; and wherein the PO of the first type corresponds to an idle state, and the PO of the second type corresponds to an inactive state.